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A Practical ApproachWorkers and their families, employers, and society as a whole benefit when providers deliver the best quality of care to injured workers and when they know how to provide effective services for both prevention and fitness for duty and understand why, instead of just following regulations.Designed for professionals who deliver,...

Theoretical, Cultural and Clinical IntegrationCan biological and psychological interventions be integrated in the treatment of psychosis?  Throughout the world, access to psychotherapeutic and psychosocial treatments for the psychoses varies significantly, with many people diagnosed with psychotic disorders receiving only medication as...

A Framework for Biopsychosocial PsychiatryMaking sense of such bewildering problems as hallucinations, paranoia, depression, and anxiety seems an incredible challenge, but modern psychiatry is able to bring understanding and change to many of those whose lives are impaired by psychiatric problems. This is not accomplished through the application of...

Modern therapy has shifted its emphasis to focus on the interpersonal field and on "e;mutuality of influence."e; The therapist and the patient are now seen as participating in an ongoing feedback loop, with each influencing the other. This interpersonal focus has brought the therapists and their reactions more into the...

Partnerships for Health EquityHealth Action Zones (HAZ) were one of the earliest and most prominent area-based initiatives launched by the New Labour government in England soon after it came to power in 1997. Written by members of the team undertaking the national evaluation of HAZ, this book examines the initiative's development and impact from a...

Efficacy, Safety and PracticeAt the 1998 Annual Representative Meeting of the BMA a resolution was passed that the Board of Science and Education should "e;investigate the scientific basis and efficacy of acupuncture and the quality of training and standards of competence in its practitioners''. This report summarizes literature sources and...